Birdsong, blindness and my ‘super brain’

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Uruguayan nature recordist Juan Pablo Culasso has a rare skill that only one in 10,000 people have — perfect pitch. His memory is as impressive as he can also identify hundreds of birds from listening to their song alone. Juan Pablo especially relies on his sense of hearing and ability to identify birds because he is blind. His talent led to a transformative moment on the Latin American TV gameshow, Super Cerebros. Clemantine Wamariya was six years old when she fled the Rwandan genocide in 1994. Years later she ended up in America. An unexpected encounter on the popular TV show Oprah would turn her world on its head. (This interview was first broadcast in 2018.) Get in touch: [email protected] Presenter: India Rakusen (Photo: Juan Pablo Culasso recording. Credit: Courtesy of Juan Pablo Culasso)